Wake Island Page #3

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No, no, no.

This one's mine.

I'll flip you for it.

- Well, okay.

- Hurry up. Make up your mind.

I got work to do.

Call it.

Heads.

Tails. Candy from a baby.

You ain't doin' so good,

Joey boy.

Well, the sun got in my eyes.

Yeah, I heard it hit.

Time was, Joe,

when you hit a guy, he stayed hit.

That's it, Joe. Attaboy.

Break his legs off!.

What are you wavin' at him for?

Grab a hold of him!

[ Vehicle Approaching ]

Watch it, Joe. The old man.

What's that truck doing here?

Well, sir, uh,

just passing through, sir.

Whose is it?

It's mine.

Oh, Mr. McCloskey.

Had an accident?

Yes, I had an accident, all right.

I tripped. Why?

Well, can I be

of any assistance?

No.

Carry on.

From Commander Roberts, sir.

"Special Japanese envoy

will arrive on the Clipper."

Gentlemen,

it is my great privilege...

to propose a toast

to that great executive...

of your great democracy...

whose lasting peace

it is my country's...

greatest wish to preserve.

Gentlemen, I give you...

the president of the United States,

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Hear, hear!

Thank you.

Gentlemen, I give you

His Imperial Majesty,

Emperor Hirohito of Japan.

As you all know,

I am on my way to Washington.

With me I carry

a message from my emperor...

to the president of your country.

Gentlemen,

it is a message of peace.

I regret very much to say...

that between my people

and your people...

there have been some

small misunderstandings.

But it is, therefore,

my emperor's desire...

that I show to your president

the heart of the Japanese people.

And I do solemnly swear...

that in that heart he will find

no thought of war...

but, rather, a yearning

for lasting peace.

Therefore, gentlemen,

I ask that you wish me Godspeed.

On this clear and peaceful

Sunday morning, December 7, 1941,

as countless thousands of you

are enjoying the security of your homes,

a great drama of U.S. Japanese relations

is moving swiftly to a climax.

In the State Department,

at this precise moment,

Mr. Cordell Hull is receiving

for a final interview...

Ambassador Nomura and

Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu of Japan.

It is understood that

Special Envoy Kurusu...

has brought with him

Emperor Hirohito's reply...

to President Roosevelt's note

protesting Japan's aggression

in the Far East.

This morning Envoy Kurusu stated

that his emperor's message would,

he was confident,

solve the Pacific problem.

So today, for the first time

in many anxious months,

a new note of optimism and hope

marks the tempo of the Washington scene.

Why don't you quit

listenin' to that guff?

Get somethin' romantic.

Myrtle, honey, I'm on my way.

So you're really gonna go, huh?

Yep.

Oh, and by the way,

you owe me 10 bucks.

You haven't left yet.

I ain't dressed up for no

Sunday morning inspection.

One look at you in that outfit,

and the old man'll throw the book at you.

Well, I got his permission,

see, Mr. Smart Guy.

Mr. Randall Caton says,

"You are now a gentleman of leisure.

And if you wish to travel in formal attire,"

he says, "it's okay by me."

Mr. Aloysius K. Randall, Esquire,

back in circulation.

How do you like that?

Hey, what's your hurry?

The Clipper doesn't leave

just this minute.

Well, I'm gonna have Sparks radio Myrtle

to lay in a supply of orange blossoms.

World, here I come!

[ Men Laughing, Whistling ]

[ Men Chattering ]

Any of you guys don't like this hat,

you can come out here

and try to knock it off.

That includes you.

I think you're beautiful.

Go on. On your way, civilian.

[ Men Laughing ]

Hey, Smacksie.

[ Chattering Continues ]

Hey, Sparks.

Yeah?

How do you spell "nuptials"?

Nuptials? N-U-P-T--

[ Telegraph Clicking ]

N-U-P-T.

Yeah. What else?

Shut up!

Well, you don't have to

eat my head off.

Shut up!

What's the matter with you?

Your wife havin' triplets or somethin'?

The Japs just attacked Honolulu.

Bombed Pearl Harbor.

Holy smokes!

[ Bugle Call ]

[ Air Raid Sirens Blaring ]

[ Air Raid Siren Continues ]

Everything all set, Probenzki?

You know, Lieutenant, airplanes,

they are for sure like women--

sometimes good, sometimes bad,

sometimes you--you can't tell.

Well, I'll take a chance on this one.

You're the best mechanic I've ever met.

Thank you.

You're Russian, aren't you?

No, Lieutenant. Polish.

A Pole, huh? What on earth

got you into the Marine Corps?

Well, I had my wife

and two children.

They were in Warsaw.

[ Man ]

Ready on number five.

Number five all set.

You must be glad, Lieutenant,

you are not married.

Probenzki,

my wife's at Pearl Harbor.

Everything in order, gentlemen?

I was just hearing

the doctor's plans, sir.

Emergency stations have been set up

at all key positions, sir.

Very good. How about you, Patrick?

Four planes in the air, sir.

The other eight in reserve.

There'll always be

four aloft?

That's right, sir.

What have you been able

to do about the civilians?

I've ordered them to take cover

in the slit trenches wherever possible.

Good.

I'd like to see

those stations, Doctor.

Aye, aye, sir.

That blasted air raid alarm again!

It's got my men running around

like gophers!

The major will take care

of you, McCloskey.

That's the man I want to see!

You got a piece of paper?

You can have my resignation.

You wanna run my job?

Well, run it.

I'm afraid that won't be

quite practical at the moment

for either one of us, McCloskey.

Why not?

The Japs have just bombed

Pearl Harbor.

Say that again.

The Japs have just bombed

Pearl Harbor.

The Pan American Clipper will take off

as soon as Commander Roberts

deems it advisable,

and there'll be

a place on it for you.

In the meantime,

find yourself some shelter

and stay out of the way.

All right, Patrick.

I'll take a look at your situation.

Yes, sir.

Hiya, guys.

Hey, Johnny, don't look now,

but I think we got a fifth columnist.

Naw, he ain't no fifth columnist.

Not with that hat, he ain't.

Run along, sonny. No tramps,

agents or peddlers allowed.

Aw, lay off me, will ya, fellas?

I was just passin' time

till the Clipper leaves.

I was wonderin' how your new

partner was makin' out, Joey.

Don't worry about me.

I'm doin' all right.

Yeah? Well, pick up that

ammunition chest, then.

Oh, yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[ Laughs ]

All right, Randall.

On your way. On your way.

Are you speakin' to me?

Yeah, I'm speakin' to you.

On your way.

Beat it, gyrene, before I take a poke

at that thing you call a face!

You're talkin' to a civilian, see!

Well, that's just it, buddy.

Civilians in the slit trenches.

Major Caton's orders.

[ Laughing ]

On your way.

Take good care of that

civilian, Sarge.

And don't let nothin' happen

to that elegant hat!

[ Laughing ]

Enemy planes!

Enemy planes sighted!

Enemy planes bearing southwest!

[ Air Raid Siren Blaring ]

[ Bugle Call ]

So you stopped playin' soldier.

Yeah, and look what it got me.

Into the trench there!

[ Air Raid Siren Continues ]

I have Lieutenant Cameron now, sir.

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